Two Americans and a Danish win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- October 5, 2022
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The 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Danish Morten Meldal and American Carolyn Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless, who laid the groundwork for a more functional form
The 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Danish Morten Meldal and American Carolyn Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless, who laid the groundwork for a more functional form of the scientific discipline.
In its ruling, the jury said the trio was recognized “for the development of clicky chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.” Sharpless, 81, won the award for the second time.
Only four people, including the Polish-French Marie Curie, were awarded the Nobel Prize twice.
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California-based Sharpless and Meldal, 58, of the University of Copenhagen, are known for their pioneering work on click chemistry, a new way to assemble molecules.
The jury noted that click chemistry is “an elegant and efficient chemical reaction that is now widely used.”
“It is used in the development of pharmaceutical products, DNA mapping, and creation of new materials, among many other uses”.
Bertozzi, 55, an American, was awarded for developing bioorthogonal chemistry, a chemical reaction that can begin in a living organism but is defined as without disrupting or changing its chemical structure.
Their findings paved the way for increasing the effectiveness of cancer treatments.
The trio will share a total of 10 million kronor, $917,500, and the prize will be awarded to King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, King XVI of Sweden. rewards in his will.
Last year, the Academy honored German Benjamin List and British-American David MacMillan for developing a precision tool for molecular structure known as asymmetric catalysis.
The Chemistry award will be followed by the highly anticipated Literature awards on Thursday and the Peace award on Friday.
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Source: El Nacional
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